Donald Trump has picked as his acting AG a man with few legal credentials and very unusual ideas about the role of the federal judiciary and constitutional law. He has already prejudged the outcome of the Mueller investigation on TV. Finally, he apparently served as a paid member of the board of a company that engaged in fraudulent business practices.
Awesome. For Trump, he’s the perfect choice. If this guy didn’t exist, he would have to invent him.
If Whitaker wants to keep the job, and there is no reason to doubt that he does, he will have to ignore his legal and ethical responsibilities to the country as a whole and do his master’s bidding to the nth degree. Like Kavanaugh, he will probably come out swinging, and go downhill from there. Look out, Hillary! Better get lawyered up!
And if Trump tries to confirm him, Lindsey Graham will probably be the first person to support him. That’s where we are today. As Trump would say, SAD!